The Sended's

Chapter 92: In a Moment of Weakness We Stumbled, But Will Not Falter

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The food that was served, as I thought, had more flavor and texture than the soup in the city before, but mostly just vegetables with less meat in them, there is also one big fish that he said was caught in the river that leads to the waterfall directly.

Even so, this is still much more than that tasteless soup right?

"Thank you for joining us Miss Ryuu, you need to know that the Xia Family welcomes you wholeheartedly" Li's grandfather said

I nodded while smiling at him

At this table sat seven people including me, Li, and grandfather Li the head of the family sitting in the middle. Besides the three of us, there was Li's father, Uncle Li, uncle Li's wife, as well as Li's brother who was also the son of that uncle Li

They all seemed friendly except for Li's grandfather, but according to Li he was no longer able to show his hospitality with his face. If you look at the language, he is quite friendly...

"Miss Ryuu, are you really from Ruby?"

"Yes, I was born and raised in Ruby" I replied to his uncle's question

"Well! How does it feel to live in the West? Li had a story but it only came from his book alone, I was interested to hear it directly from the original inhabitants," said Li's excited cousin

They all gave me the same glowing look, even Li next to me

"Hey already, Miss Ryuu and Li must be exhausted from walking from Qing to here, why don't we let them rest first? Aren't you, father?" Said Li's father

"Certainly,"

"No problem, I'll tell you a little bit,"

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Again I locked myself in the library, the only difference is this library belongs to the Xia Family in which there are many books about pill making

I forgot the time, I thought it was night because it was dark here, only the lanterns were my lights.

Despite reading a few books, I still did not understand how to create which pill it was... The material used is written differently each book, no one can measure the effective level makes me confused

But since I'm already here that means the answer is close, I just need to be patient

It's not that easy...?

"Miss Ryuu,"

Whoa!

Emerging from behind the darkness, Li's grandfather the head of the Xia family came

"It's late, why are you still wandering around the library?" Ask him

"I-That's... My hobby is to read books so I forgot the time, sorry about that big master Xia,"

"You can call me Feng because there are many Xia here," that's a joke, right...? Why didn't he even grin?

He headed to the table in front of the library and brewed the tea in a teapot on top of it into a glass made of ceramics, it was one of the products produced in this Eastern Continent

"Sit down and drink with this old man" he said

For fear of being kicked out so I'd like to...

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Defeat in Ruby waters not only brought chaos into the military and politics, but also wreaked havoc on my Kingdom. Many nobles whispered the word increase autonomy until the separation of the territory

"In the lowest moments we stumble, but we won't falter!"

I will not let this kingdom break just like that, I will fight back.

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Uhh... As I thought this would be awkward...

We sat together facing west, there was only a small table that separated the cup and teapot above which both contained tea, it's been ten minutes since he poured tea into my cup and we didn't have any chatter.

But taking all that away, what I see now again makes me realize that this is a very beautiful world. How not? I can look at the whole Qing from up here, from the forest below us to even their city far away, though well... It looks so small

"Makes you feel like you can get everything, right?" Ask grandpa Feng

I'm not sure about getting everything anyway... But indeed from up here the sense of desire for power is getting higher, or maybe so? I myself have thrown that desire away, the proof is that I made Kyouka the leader

Maybe because I had felt that it had become disinterested again, what was the thrill of seeing everyone from above the throne? When you stand up and everyone bows, when you are not free to do anything even though you have the highest power? I realized it didn't satisfy me at all

So well I gave that chance to Kyouka after throwing away my desire for power.

Now that I see this scene, unlike what Grandpa Feng said, I really only enjoy its beauty.

"That you may burn and destroy, but please let the forest down there, these mountains, and our dwellings escape from it" huh? What'd he say?

Didn't he think we were going to attack and smother Qing and destroy a lot of valuable records and talents wasted away? Doesn't that sound so futile?

"You're a General of Ruby Kingdom aren't you, Miss Ryuu? I'm sure with such a high position you can grant my request easily, in exchange please just hold myself," he continued

Huh....

"It seems you misunderstood our kingdom, Mr. Feng. Ruby has rights that we assume all humans have, we can't possibly do all the things you said before, maybe Ming will do that if you lose the war before anyway.... See what they did to the goryeo rebels... But we're different," I explained

He looked at me sharply, figuring out if the words coming out of my mouth were just some lie nonsense or I was really serious.

"If that is true then I am grateful, but what do you ask in return? Neither our money nor our souls lack it" he asked

"Why not with your skills?"

"I'm sorry?" He's confused

"My friendship with Li is not a lie, Master Feng. He told me a lot and I was interested in the story about which pill the Xia family were on" I replied

She widened her eyes while looking at me, what am I asking for too much? Maybe it was the secret of the Xia Family

After he finished with his shock, he lowered his head and suddenly immediately finished the tea inside his cup quickly, then he refilled the cup with tea in the teapot

What is this...?

"In this Continent, sorcerers are not the science that is most in demand by people, either now let alone once they just want themselves to be martial artists or poets, or poets, which pill was never used massively because of it,"

He stood up and walked to the fence in front of us. Now instead of looking at the scene below, he stared at the moon that was shining brightly enough tonight

"Will but the founder of the Xia Family always believed that somehow this mana pill would come in handy, when we finally realized the potential of this thing. We'll be happy to help make it happen, " eh?

J-So...?

"The Xia family will support the idea, and with it the Xia Family will also support Ruby over Qing," Ehh...?

"Is that really the only reason?" I try not to show my pleasure

"Qing being limited to just being a city-state definitely cannot be compared to Ruby, to be honest... I just want to make Li's dream come true" hmm?

"The founder of our family, Xia Fuxi, was not actually born in Qing, he was a citizen of the Chang'an region precisely on his Utara side. The citizens there saw more Dwarf adventurers than anyone else on the entire human continent, and therefore many decided to take the same path, Xia Fuxi was one of them.

He headed south and ended up in Qing because he found the forest below, then he built a residence here that was originally only used as a place of research. I'm sure it's an important study because it takes the rest of his life...

And so ended the story of Xia Fuxi, and ended the story of the Xia family's adventure. The succeeding generations had no desire for adventure like her, at least until little Li was born.

Li is a figure who is always curious about something, although most when his age used to like to ask a lot of things, but his habit was carried over until now. He wanted to know everything, like the legend of the God of knowledge who sacrificed his life to know the secret behind the creation of the world.

I'm sure that's why he went to risk his life to get to Fuzhou and meet you, which is the reason why he is now more eager to adventure because he knows that the world is much wider than in books.

As a grandfather, as a Xia, it is only natural that I help a figure like Li to achieve his dream, Xia Fuxi's pure heir, Xia Li, he is a true Xia, an adventurer not a researcher." Obviously grandpa Feng

Hm... I have never stopped an adventurer from doing his hobby anyway, but if Li is adventuring doesn't that mean the Xia family will lose its members? With the vastness of this world, with so many secrets in existence, one life would not be enough

That's why Xia Fuxi only got here, right?

But then again, stopping someone's dream is not my hobby.

"Sooner or later Ruby will open her dermagang for trade, then access to the Western Continent will open through us. Then it's best that Li gets ready from now on, a lot of things that she should see on the other side of Kelfia" I said

"Thank you Miss Ryuu, the Xia family will serve you and the Ruby Kingdom wholeheartedly,"

"Return for this relationship?" I asked after lifting the cup containing the tea